Comb and brush set



Sept. 28, 1948. A. JUNG 2,450,344

COMB AND BRUSH SET Filed Jan. 17, 1947 I I J -rn rrn-rr' )2 53/2 7 /4 24 /0 WW r l h lili v R 3 28 29 4 3nventor Alberl Jung Patented Sept. 28, 1948 COMB AND BRUSH SET Albert H. Jung, Flushing,

Metal Products Corporation,

N. Y., assignor to Victor Brooklyn, N. Y.,

a corporation of New York Application January 17, 1947, Serial No. 722,656

6 Claims.

This invention relates to brush and comb sets and particularly to those designed to be carried about, as in a hand bag or the like container.

The invention contemplates the provision of a brush and comb set inherently constructed with suitable means to permit the comb to be removably and accessibly secured in the brush when the comb and brush are not in use, thereby to make a compact assembly which may be stored and manipulated as a unit until needed, in a hand bag, or packed away in luggage.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a brush provided with a readily accessible and easily made comb storage compartment in which a comb may be readily stored against loss or accidental separation from the brush, and as readily removed when either the comb or the brush is to be used.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a brush and comb set comprising a one-piece brush handle provided with comb storage grooves so arranged as to permit the handle to be easily and economically molded, and of a comb suitably shaped for insertion frictionally into the grooves and normally maintained therein against accidental displacement.

The various objects of the invention will be clear from the description which follows and from the drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan View of my new brush and comb set as it appears in its normal position wherein the comb is assembled with the brush.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and showing in. dashdot lines the comb partly removed from its storage compartment in the brush handle.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the set taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

In the practical embodiment of the invention shown by way of example, the brush ill may be of any well known type including a handle member and bristles. The handle member comprises the handle proper II from which extends longitudinally the brush back l2 which holds the bristles or bristle tufts 13 in the usual manner. Preferably, the handle and back are of such nature that they both may be molded in a single piece of suitable material such as transparent plastic in a manner which is well understood.

However, the handle member differs from those heretofore known in that there is provided therein a suitable storage compartment for the reception of the comb I4, said compartment being so formed that it is molded directly into the handle member at the same time that the remainder of the handle member i molded. The compartment consists generally of a pair of longitudinally aligned grooves facing in opposite directions and communicating at the adjacent-ends thereof. One of the grooves as I5 extends forwardly into the back !2 preferably along the middle of the rear face of the back. As viewed in Fig. 2, the groove i5 is open at the back or top, while its left hand end is closed as by the end surface it which is in spaced relation to the left hand end of the brush back H2. The right hand end of the groove 55 open into and communicates with the left hand end of the groove 51, said grooves being longitudinally aligned with each other. The groove H is made rearwardly in the front surface of the handle H, being open at the bottom as viewed in Fig. 2 and closed at its right hand end by the wall l8, said wall being in spaced relation to the right hand end of the handle H. By this arrangement, the greater part of the outer surface of the handle member including the ends thereof, is imperforate.

It will be seen that because the grooves l5 and H are faced in opposite directions, undercuts and overhanging part may readily be eliminated from the handle member whereby said member is moldable in one piece with the grooves simultaneously formed therein and without the necessity for additional operations, or for expensive or complicated molds.

The groove ii is intended to receive the main or operative part 20 of the comb M, which part is of any of the usual shapes. Said groove l'l consequently is deeper than and extends transversely past the front or bottom surface of the groove [5 which is designed to receive the reduced but elongated and longitudinally extending handle 2| of the comb. However, the grooves may be of substantially the same thicknesses, whereby each of the side surfaces 22 and 2.3 of the grooves is similar to and substantially parallel to the other, each being a substantially plane surface extending throughout the lengths of both grooves, though of greater depth at the groove ll than at the groove [5.

In order to close off the back or top of the groove H as viewed in Fig. 2, the handle H is extended rearwardly or upwardly to project beyond the brush back l2 and to provide the substantially imperforate wall 24 at the rear or top of the handle. However, at its right hand end, the groove I1 is extended rearwardly through the wall 24 to provide the opening 25 adapted to receive the projection 26 of the comb. Said projection is of sufiicient height to extend through the opening 25 when the comb is in its secured position in the grooves, whereby the comb may readily .be loosened for removal by merely pressing downwardly or forwardly upon the projection.

Coacting means are provided on the comb and on the brush to frictionally but removably maintain the comb in place in the brush. Said means comprises the end surfaces 2'! and 28 of the groove l1 and the arcuate end surfaces 29 and 36 on the main comb part which cooperate with the end surfaces of the groove. It will be understood that to insert the comb into the storage compartment therefor consisting of the grooves l5 and I 1, the left hand end of the reduced comb handle 2| is first inserted into the left hand end of the groove l1 and then passed longitudinally through the opening 3i at the jointure of said grooves until the end surface 29 of the comb part 20 engages the end surface 2'! of the groove l7 thereby to arrange the parts approximately in the position indicated by the dash-dot lines of Fig. 2. The comb being rotated in a counter clockwise direction, its main part 29 is carried transversely into the groove ill and the end surface 30 is brought into engagement with the end surface 28 of the groove.

The surfaces 21 and 28 preferably converge upwardly to a slight extent whereby rotation of the comb into its secured position with the projection 26 extending through the opening 25, wedges the respective end surfaces of the comb and groove against each other thereby to retain the comb frictionally in place against accidental displacement and with the comb projecting only slightly below the handle and projecting not at all below the bristles (Fig. 4) The set thus assembled may be handled as a unit without danger of the parts becoming separated, so that both members of the set are always together and available for use without the necessity for searching through the hand bag or other container for each member separately.

When the set is to beused, the comb is readily separated from the brush by first pressing the projection '26 downwardly to rotate the comb in a clockwise direction and to slide the end surface 30 along the end surface 28 of the groove toward the dash-dot line position of Fig. 2, When the comb has been turned enough to carry the projection 26 down past the end wall l8, the comb handle may be withdrawn longitudinally from the groove l5. It will be understood that if desired, the grooves and comb may be so dimensioned that the wedging action may take place between the faces of the comb and the sides of the grooves instead of the end surfaces of the comb and grooves as above described. It will be further be seen that the comb may be readily inserted into and withdrawn from the grooves and suitably wedged therein to be retained until needed, that the comb may be conveniently made of the usual general type of sheet material, that the handle member of the brush may be molded in one piece and hence inexpensively constructed with the grooves molded therein, and that I have provided a device well adapted to meet the severe requirements of practical use.

Various changes may be made in the specific form of the invention herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A brush having a handle member cQmpriS- ing a handle and a brush back, the handle having a first longitudinal groove therein extending partway through the thickness thereof from the front face thereof and having a, substantially continuous rear face, said groove thereby being closed along the major part of the rear side of the groove, the brush back having a second longitudinal groove therein extending partway through the thickness thereof from the rear face thereof toward the front face, said second groove thereby being closed along the major part of the front side of said groove, the first and second groove communicating at the adjacent ends thereof, the handle having an opening at that end wall of the first groove which is remote from the second groove, said opening extending through the handle and being adapted to receive a projection on the back of the toothed part of a comb frictionally held in the first groove.

2. A brush according to claim 1 wherein the end walls of the first mentioned groove converge rearwardly to wedge the toothed'part of the comb therebetween.

3. The combination with a one piece moldable brush handle member having a pair of longitudinally aligned and endwise communicating grooves, each extending partway through the thickness of the member from an outermost surface of said member different from that surface from which the other groove extends, the grooves cooperating to provide an elongated comb storage compartment in the member of a length equal to the combined lengths of the grooves, of a comb having a fixed reduced handle receivable in one of the grooves by a forward movement from a position rearwardly of the member and having a wider toothed portion receivable simultaneously in the other groove by a rearward movement from a position forwardly of the member, the comb being completely removable from the member by a rotary movement followed by a longitudinal movement.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein an opening in the handle member is provided communicating with said other groove, the toothed portion of the comb having an integral projection passing through the opening and accessible for manipulation by the user to initiate the removing movement of the comb when the comb parts are inserted into the respective grooves therefor.

5. The combination according to claim 4 wherein end walls are provided on said other groove, said end walls being engaged by the respective adjacent end surfaces of saidrelatively wider portion of the comb to wedge said portion in said other groove when the comb is rotated into the grooves.

6. The combination with a brush handle member comprising a handle and a brush back, the handle having a longitudinal groove extending partway through the thickness thereof from the front face thereof and having a substantially continuous rear face,- the brush back having bristles projecting from the front face thereof and having a longitudinal groove extending partway through the thickness thereof from the rear face thereof toward the front face, said grooves communicating at the adjacent ends thereof, of a comb having a relatively wide toothed part of substantially the length of the handle of said handle member and a narrower handle of substantially the length of the brush back, the comb being frictionallysecurable to the member by first passing the comb handle through the handle groove to a point rearwardly of the brush back groove and then rotating the comb to carry the comb handle forwardly and the toothed part rearwardly into the respective grooves.

ALBERT H. JUNG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Number 6 UNITED STATES PATENT? Name Date Arment et a1 Oct. 25, 1881 Deason Oct. 1, 1918 Reilly Jan. 31, 1933 Hlllsberry Jan. '1, 1941 

